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Google shows off what ChatGPT would be like in Gmail and Google Docs

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Just waiting for google to have a superior overall AI, but so phenomenally fucking up the product launch that it just fades into obscurity while getting eclipsed by its competitors.

Really I can't think of anything more google than that. No idea why shareholders still tolerate their crap.

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I wonder if this sort of email assistant could someday automate the process of sending an EECB.

Back in the days before Twitter and HN, we had to escalate support cases by figuring out the format that a company used to assign its internal email addresses, and forwarding a polite inquiry to as many high-ranking executives as we could find.

It would be nice if an AI assistant could craft such messages and find appropriate recipients. What could possibly go wrong?

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> Just like how Google put social features into every product back in the G+ days, the plan going forward is to build ChatGPT-style generative text into every Google product.

Ah yes, the famous G+ integration that has been widely acclaimed as a successful, long-lasting and profitable move.

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Must be devastating for the marketing team at Google to have their new product Kleenex'd like this.

Lol I had the same thought reading that headline. I wonder if the author even realizes that not all generative AI is ChatGPT (probably not because the bar for 'tech journalist' seems to be quite low).

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Must be devastating for the marketing team at Google to have their new product Kleenex'd like this.

Lol I had the same thought reading that headline. I wonder if the author even realizes that not all generative AI is ChatGPT (probably not because the bar for 'tech journalist' seems to be quite low).

The author pretty clearly knows that not all generative AI is ChatGPT if you read even the first line of the article.

However, the vast non tech readership wouldn’t know what generative AI is, but nearly everyone and their mother knows what ChatGPT is.

So the headline is extremely effective in conveying what Google’s demo does while being understandable by the largest possible audience. It’s an extremely valid and appropriate headline.

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First ChatGPT request - "Why can't my Google Workspace account do everything my @gmail account can?"

My mind is blown right now. I have noticed differences between the two, but I thought they were just visual/UI differences. Is there somewhere I could learn more about how Google Workspace does not have parity with a free Gmail account?
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